December, 2014 - The McKendree Review

11Dec

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Campus News

[Iss. 7] || Blast from the Past

PROVIDED BY THE MCKENDREE REVIEW 20 Years Ago.... (reprinted from Oct. 24 - Nov. 6, 1994; Vol. 73, No. 4)

11Dec

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[Iss. 7] || Title IX Changes at Mizzou & How it Affects McKendree University

BY NATALIE VAN BOOVEN Staff Writer The University of Missouri Board of Curators has authorized changes to the UM system’s Title IX procedures. On Oct. 2, UM curators met in Kansas City, Mo. and approved changes presented by Pres. Tim Wolfe. The most prominent of these changes is an investigation period of 60 days; others include changes as to how students and student organizations can file complaints. Initially, the executive order sent in April. by Wolfe on this issue compelled all UM employees to report Title IX violations—the actual term is mandated reporter—but exemptions were soon made for employees with legal requirements or privileges of confidentiality, such as counselors and lawyers. Title IX refers to the 1972 law forbidding sex-based discrimination in “any education program o...

11Dec

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Campus News, Opinion

[Iss. 7] || Becoming a College Graduate: Stressors Concerning Your Final Semester of College

BY BRITTANY ANSPACH Staff Writer Many students are in or about to start their final semester at McKendree University. As one of those students, I definitely have many thoughts about what happens after graduation and I’m sure I am not alone. When senior Michelle Allen was about her feelings in regards to her final semester of college, she said, “I feel stressed about going through the whole process of graduate applications making sure I make the deadlines. [I am] worried that I do not know where I’ll be a year from now.” The choice between graduate school and getting a job in the “real world” weighs heavily on the minds of many students. Both choices come with positives and negatives. Graduate school comes with a lengthy admissions process, interviews and heavy course work. Joining the wor...

11Dec

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Opinion

[Iss. 7] || Acquire Free Money through an App

BY MINDY ALLEN Assistant Editor Are you one of those people who clips coupons? Do you try to cut costs in every way possible? Did you ever think you could earn a few extra dollars by downloading an app on your Android phone or iPhone? Say hello to Perk! Perk is a rewards program, similar to My Coke Rewards. It rewards you based on the ads you watch on your iPhone or Android device. For every ad or task you complete, you earn points. These points can be used to earn gift cards to popular retailers, as well as restaurants, such as Target, Starbucks, Nike, Game Stop, Chili’s, Applebee’s and many more. For example, if you earn 5000 points, you can have a $5 dollar gift card sent to your home. Perk points can also be used for donations to various charities and entries into sweepstakes. I learn...

11Dec

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Opinion

[Iss. 7] || Are Long Distance Relationships Worth it in the End?

BY TAQUISHA DRISDELL Staff Writer While approximately 14 to 15 million people in the United States considered themselves to be in a long distance relationship, many people cringe at the idea of having a significant other miles away from them. Not only are long distance relationships difficult to maintain, but they also tend to be destined for failure in the long run. But is this really true? When people think about long distance relationships, they often forget to consider military couples, where one or both partners may be stationed away from each other. Sometimes, a partner may have to leave for extended periods of time due to job relocation. However, one of the most common reasons people end up in long distance relationships is because of college. I searched the web for statistics...

11Dec

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Campus News, Opinion

[Iss. 7] || Encouraging McKendree Students to Consider Graduating Early

BY KIMBERLY BENNETT Editor-in-Chief The last three and a half years of college at McKendree University have not been easy, but they were well worth it. When I started college as a freshman in fall 2011, I honestly had no idea what I was going to do. Because the importance of knocking down general education requirements was not explained nor specified very well, I ended up registering for classes I had wanted to take as opposed to classes I should have taken. My first semester of college was frustrating to no end. I remember feeling as though my time spent at McKendree was wasted – especially because I could not make up my mind as to what I wanted to do in life. I am sure other students have faced this frustration as well. To make up for my “wasted” semester, I took three classes at Southw...

11Dec

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Campus News, Opinion

[Iss. 7] || Life Lessons Learned while Traveling with the Team

BY JACOB SCHLOTE Staff Writer Do you ever wonder what it’s like to go on trips with college teams? To get on a charter bus with everyone and sit for long periods before arriving at a hotel with little leisure time to spare? Sports trips are generally lots of fun from my experience, but they have some disadvantages. Some people think athletes mess around, goof off and miss class. However, everything isn’t always what it seems. While trips can be fun for athletes, the fact that we have to miss class sometimes hinders us if we are not prepared. For instance, as a hockey player, I have considerable experience missing classes for hockey games away from Lebanon. Other students may have different experiences of their team traveling and have different opinions about missing classes. Andrew Fa...

11Dec

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Entertainment

[Iss. 7] || CBS Freshman Series, “SCORPION,” Never Ceases to Amaze

A television series review BY KIMBERLY BENNETT Editor-in-Chief In the past, CBS Broadcasting Inc. has brought various procedural television shows to its network that have aired for several seasons such as NCIS and Person of Interest. Alongside the TV shows with the procedural element, CBS has produced several comedies, including an award-winning series known as The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother. From the director of Fast and Furious, CBS brings a new and exhilarating television show to the network that expresses the same level of intensity as Person of Interest and portrays a stronger level of intellect than The Big Bang Theory. "And [it is] </SCORPION>." Because the new-hit freshman series has a strong mixture of action, suspense, humor, romance, and intellect, </SCO...

11Dec

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Entertainment

[Iss. 7] || “A Fall From Grace” Filming in St. Louis?

BY MORGAN ROSCOW Contributing Writer St. Louis will possibly be the host of a new, upcoming thriller, A Fall from Grace. According to Fox 2 News, the movie, directed by Jennifer Chambers Lynch, is a suspense thriller about a St. Louis homicide detective who is put on a case dealing with a serial killer who kills and disposes the bodies of girls near the Chain of Rocks Bridge, while dealing with his own demons. The film is said to start filming in St. Louis this fall/winter, but for now it’s being filmed primarily in Louisiana. Interviewed by St. Louis Magazine’s Andrew Wyatt, Jennifer Lynch, the co-writer, producer and director of the film, said that the production team is waiting for St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay and the St. Louis Film Commission to give them a tax credit to film in the c...

11Dec

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[Iss. 7] || Fifteen Long Books not to be Read in Class

BY NATALIE VAN BOOVEN Staff Writer I love books, as anyone who knows me will tell you. As an end-of-semester treat, therefore, I have decided to take a break from reporting on world events and focus instead on something that pleases me. I had four criteria for a long book: (1) it had to exceed 500 pages, (2) it had to have been published more than 20 years ago, (3) it had to stand alone as a text; illustrated and annotated editions were disqualified and (4) it had to have been a one-off, not part of a series. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky: 522 pages (Signet Classics, 2006) Impoverished former law student, Rodion Raskolnikov, acting on his theory that extraordinary people can do wrong if those wrongdoings can offer humanity something worthwhile, murders an elderly pawnbroker an...